Early rising is no pleasure; early drinking’s just the measure.
FRANCOIS RABELAISIt is said, proverbially, that happy is the doctor who is called in when the disease is on its way out.
More Francois Rabelais Quotes
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Science sans conscience. Knowledge without conscience is but the ruin of the soul.
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In this mortal life, nothing is blessed throughout.
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Of a young hermit, an old devil.
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.
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Not everyone is a debtor who wishes to be; not everyone who wishes makes creditors.
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If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror
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Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.
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Pantagruelism is a certain gaitey of the spirit consisting in a disdain for the hazards of fortune.
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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.
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How can I govern others, who can’t even govern myself?
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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A little rain beats down a big wind. Long drinking bouts break open the tunder.
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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.
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From the gut comes the strut, and where hunger reigns, strength abstains.
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I never sleep comfortably except when I am at sermon or when I pray to God.
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